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May 7, 2001 Contact: Debbie Rosenfeld-Caparaz

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S Cal Hosts Pac-10 Multis, Travel To Modesto and At Stanford Qualifier THIS WEEK: Fri. May 11 at Stanford Qualifier Stanford, CA 5:00 p.m. Sat. May 12 at Modesto Relays Modesto, CA 11:00 a.m. Sat.-Sun. May 12-13 Pac-10 Decathlon/Heptathlon Edwards Stadium, Berkeley, CA 11:00 a.m.

2001 Cal Track & Field Schedule BEARS SPREAD OUT AMONG THREE MEETS Cal competes at three competitions in the final week for athletes to qualify for the Pac-10 Date Competition Time/Result Mar. 17 UCLA-UW-WSU M: 3rd, W: 3rd Championship. Most of the Golden Bears head to the 60th-annual Modesto Relays, Sat., May Mar. 24 at UC Davis Invite M: 1st, W: 1st 12. A handful of athletes also are at the Stanford Qualifier Friday. Cal juniors Matt Blair and M. 31-A. 1 at Stanford Invite NTS Shawn Adkins vie for the Pac-10 decathlon and heptathlon titles at home at Edwards Apr. 5-7 at NTS Stadium, May 12-13. Competition begins each day at 11 a.m. Apr. 13-14 Brutus Hamilton M: 1st, W: 4th Apr. 20-22 at Mount SAC Relays NTS CAL AMONG CONFERENCE BEST IN MULTI-EVENT HISTORY Apr. 21 at Woody Wilson Invite NTS The Bears have dominated the Pac-10 multi events in recent memory. They have won the Apr. 28-29 at Cal-Nev. Meet M: 1st, W: 2nd last four conference decathlon crowns (1997 and 1998 – Ross Bomben – 1999 and 2000 May 5 at Big Meet M: 2nd, W: 2nd May 11 at Stanford Qualifier 5:00 p.m. (7890) – Bevan Hart.) Last year, Missy Vanek claimed the heptathlon title (5505) for Cal. In May 12 at Modesto Relays 11:00 a.m. 1993, Chris Huffins won Cal’s first Pac-10 decathlon title. Hart has graduated and Vanek is May 12-13 Pac-10 Multis + 11:00 a.m. redshirting this season with a stress fracture in her back. Blair and Adkins are the Bears top May 19-20 Pac-10 Meet + 10 a.m./1 p.m. hopefuls this year. Blair ranks third in the league with a PR of 7208, while Adkins is sixth M. 30-J. 2 at NCAA Champ. TBA with a total of 5000 points in the only helptathlon of her career. Last year, Blair finished sixth June 14-17at USATF Champ. TBA at the Pac-10 Championship with 7008 points. The favorites at this year’s meet are UO’s All home meets in bold are at Edwards Santiago Lorenzo (7,726) and UCLA’s Michelle Perry (5657). Stadium/Goldman Field (22,000). * taped delayed FOX Sports Net broadcast BEARS COME UP SHORT AT BIG MEET HEAD COACH ERV HUNT For the first time since 1997, Stanford swept Cal in both the men’s and women’s team races Erv Hunt begins his 30th season at at the annual Big Meet. In the 107th men’s Big Meet, the Cardinal nipped the Bears, 82-81, for California and 29th as head coach. Since the closest Big Meet victory since the Bears defeted the Cardinal by the same score in 1988. 1992, Hunt has overseen Cal’s men’s and Stanford clinched the dual meet with second- and third-place finishes in the triple jump. The women’s track & field programs as director Bears greatly felt the injury absence of junior Jerriod Mack in the long and triple jumps. The of track & field. In addition to building Cal’s Cal men still hold a 63-43-2 series lead. The Cardinal women defeated the Bears, 101.5- men’s program into national prominence 60.5, to improve their all-time edge to 12-10. with three Top 10 finishes at the NCAA Championship, Hunt served as the U.S. LOPEZ BREAKS HER OWN CAL RECORD IN THE men’s head track & field coach at the 1996 One of the highlights for the Cal women at the Big Meet was senior Maria Lopez winning the Olympics. Hunt is Cal’s third Olympic track pole vault with a school record clearance of 13-2.5. That mark broke Lopez’s previous coach, the most ever for one university. school record of 13-1.5, which earned her All-America honors at last year’s NCAA Championship. CAL’S 2001 NCAA QUALIFIERS Automatic BERRO, ADKINS TURN IN HUGE PRS AT BIG MEET Bolota Asmerom 5000m 13:31.88 Sophomore Joe Berro and junior Shawna Adkins turned in perhaps the biggest PRs of the Jennifer Joyce Hammer 203-8 day for the Bears at the Big Meet. Berro placed third in the javelin with a mark of 197-0, Dana Lawson Shot Put 53-4.5 bettering his previous PR by almost 16 feet (181-11) and ranking him eighth all-time at Cal, Provisional ahead of Huffins (193-8). Adkins also had a huge PR in her fourth-place finish in the javelin Bolota Asmerom 1500m 3:42.73 Matt Blair Decathlon 7208 of 131-11, which improved upon her previous best of 121-1. Adkins also took third in the Nate DeSomber Shot Put 58-5.25 with a PR of 18-10w, improving upon her old best mark of 18-6.5. Robert Kennedy Long Jump 25-4w Reynda King T-Jump 42-1.5w NEWS OF NOTE Dana Lawson Hammer 189-11 Cal has three automatic NCAA qualifiers this year and 11 provisional qualifiers…Reynda Discus 173-0 King has provisionally qualifeid for NCAAs in the triple jump but will likely not compete the Maria Lopez Pole Vault 13-2.5 rest of the season after tearing her hamstring at the California-Nevada State Bubba McLean Pole Vault 17-4.5 Championship…the Bears have set two school records this year, the women’s pole vault Marielle Schlueter 3000mSC 10:44.95 Rhuben Williams Shot Put 60-6.75 (Lopez) and the men’s 5000m (Asmerom). 2001 California Women's Track & Field Best Performances- May 7, 2001

Event (NCAA Auto/NCAA Prov/Pac-10 Auto/School Record) 4x100m Relay (44.20/45.10/NS/45.61) Athlete (Cal PR) Season Best Date Meet Groce, Jennings 46.19 4/14 Brutus Hamilton Sauchelli, Holman 100m (11.30/11.55/12.04/11.64) &Zhauntel Holman (11.74) 11.80w 4/6 Texas Relays 4x400m Relay (3:33.50/3:39.00/NS/3:35.56 DeCola Groce (12.19) 12.41 4/6 Johnny Mathis Cowling, Jennings 3:44.48 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Erin Sauchelli 12.52 5/5 Big Meet Slaton, Belger

200m (23.10/23.60/24.64/23.50) High Jump (6-0.75/5-10.5/5-7/6-0.75) Shavone Jennings (25.21) 25.48 4/14 Brutus Hamilton &Tiffany Barnett 5-10 (1.78) 4/22 Mt. SAC Erin Sauchelli 25.84 5/5 Big Meet &Lauren Dudugjian (5-9.25) 5-8.5 (1.74) 5/5 Big Meet DeCola Groce (25.57) 25.94 5/5 Big Meet &Cynthia Mallory 5-8 (1.73) 4/6 Texas Relays Shalonda Reynolds 26.28 4/6 Johnny Mathis Shawna Adkins 26.44 3/29 UC Davis Multi Pole Vault (13-5.25/12-5.5/12-1.5/13-1.5) +!&Maria Lopez 13-2.5 (4.03) 5/5 Big Meet 400m (52.40/53.70/55.44/52.53) &Leora Ward 12-2.5 (3.72) 4/29 Cal/Nevada &Shavone Jennings 55.39 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Chloe Jarvis 57.91 4/21 Woody Wilson Long Jump (21-4/20-4.25/19-0.5/22-1) Shalonda Reynolds (58.89) 59.03 4/21 Woody Wilson &Reynda King 20-2.5 (6.16) 3/24 UC Davis Shawna Adkins 18-10w (5.74) 5/5 Big Meet 800m (2:05.00/2:07.50/2:11.14/2:01.59) Kaili Chapman 16-11.75 (5.16) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Erin Belger (2:07.66) 2:09.98 4/28 Cal/Nevada Kim Ramirez 2:15.39 4/21 Woody Wilson Triple Jump (43-11.75/42-0/39-4.5/46-0.75) Shawna Adkins 2:21.14 3/30 UC Davis Multi +&Reynda King 42-1.5w (12.84) 3/24 UC Davis Chloe Jarvis 2:33.24 3/24 UC Davis &Shawna Adkins 40-8.25 (12.40) 3/17-4/29 Cal Quad/Cal-Nev.

1500m (4:19.00/4:24.00/4:40.14/4:09.23) Shot Put (52-6/48-10.75/43-5.75/54-4.75) Erin Belger (4:29.02) 4:42.66 4/7 Texas Relays #&Dana Lawson 53-7.5i (16.34) 3/9 NCAA Indoors Marielle Schlueter 4:43.99 4/1 Stanford 53-4.5 (16.27) 4/7 Texas Relays Kim Ramirez 4:49.90 4/14 Brutus Hamilton &Jenna Johnson 48-2 (14.68) 4/29 Cal/Nevada Camille Stanley 5:06.75 4/21 Woody Wilson Sheni Russell (46-3.50) 42-5.25 (12.93) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Tiffany Hansen (5:07.43) 5:11.78 4/21 Woody Wilson Mina Nikanjam 5:13.16 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Discus (178-10/165-8/150-11/178-10) +&Dana Lawson 173-0 (52.74) 4/28 Cal/Nevada 3000mSC (10:20.00/11:10.00/NS/10:44.95) &Jennifer Joyce (161-11) 158-2 (48.22) 4/21 Mt. SAC !+Marielle Schlueter 10:44.95 4/28 Cal/Nevada Sheni Russell (155-6) 150-1 (45.74) 4/21 Mt. SAC Jenna Johnson 125-5 (38.22) 4/1-5/5 Stanford and Big Meet 5000m (16:13.00/16:48.00/17:30.14/15:46.8) Marielle Schlueter 18:16.50 5/5 Big Meet Hammer (200-1/183-9/170-7/206-03) Camille Stanley 18:59.50 4/14 Brutus Hamilton #&Jennifer Joyce (206-3) 203-8 (62.08) 4/29 Cal/Nevada Tiffany Hansen 19:18.50 4/14 Brutus Hamilton +&Dana Lawson 189-11 (57.90) 4/29 Cal/Nevada Mina Nikanjam 19:47.04 4/6 Johnny Mathis Jennifer Ramos 146-7 (44.68) 4/13 Brutus Hamilton Sheni Russell 144-1 (43.92) 4/13 Brutus Hamilton 10,000m (34:10.00/35:15.00/NS/32:40.76) No marks Javelin (172-3/152-7/142-8/170-7) Shawna Adkins 131-11 (40.20) 5/5 Big Meet 100m Hurdles (13.10/13.60/14.34/13.73) Jennifer Ramos 117-1 (35.68) 4/21 Woody Wilson &Stephanie Cowling 14.31w 4/14 Brutus Hamilton Lisa O’Reilly 14.42w 5/5 Big Meet Heptathlon (5550/5175/4400/5624) April Holliverse (13.82) 14.66w 3/31 Stanford &Shawna Adkins 5000 points 3/30 UC Davis Multi Shawna Adkins 15.51 3/29 UC Davis Multi # NCAA automatic qualifier 400m Hurdles (57.50/59.20/62.04/57.61) + NCAA provisional qualifier &Deanna Slaton 61.63 4/28 Cal/Nevada & Pac-10 qualifier Lisa O’Connor 62.83 4/6 Johnny Mathis ! School record Stephanie Cowling 63.20 4/14 Brutus Hamilton Lisa O’Reilly (61.74) 63.35 4/14 Brutus Hamilton Brooke Baires-Irvin 64.09 4/21 Woody Wilson 2001 California Men's Track & Field Best Performances- May 7, 2001

Event (NCAA Auto/NCAA Prov./Pac-10 Auto/School Record) 4x100m Relay (39.20/40.00/NS/39.14) Athlete (Cal PR) Season Best Date Meet Mazur, Kennedy 40.48 5/5 Big Meet Wright, Pipersburg 100m (10.18/10.34/10.74/10.18) &Robert Kennedy (10.61) 10.63 5/5 Big Meet 4x400m Relay (3:04.00/3:07.00/NS/3:03.91) &Nick Mazur 10.70 5/5 Big Meet Wright, McGill 3:11.45 5/5 Big Meet &Phillip Pipersburg (10.47) 10.71 4/22 Mt. SAC Blanco, Hogg Ahmad Wright 10.80 5/5 Big Meet Blanco, Hogg 3:12.92 4/29 Cal/Nevada Brian White 10.85 5/5 Big Meet McGill, Wright

200m (20.50/20.85/21.44/20.20) High Jump (7-4.50/7-1.75/6-8.75/7-5.75) &Phillip Pipersburg 21.43w 4/22 Mt. SAC &Jason Gatewood 6-9.5 (2.07) 4/28 Cal/Nevada Wayne Boddy (21.52) 21.78 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Patrick Abandy 6-7.75 (2.03) 4/1 Stanford Nick Mazur 21.85 5/5 Big Meet Kris Cuaresma-Primm 6-6.75 (2.00) 4/14-3/17 Brutus/Cal Quad Brian White 22.16 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Jelani Hogg 22.80 3/24 UC Davis Pole Vault (18-2.50/17-4.5/16-4.75/18-8.25) +&Bubba McLean 17-4.5 (5.30) 4/6 Texas Relays 400m (45.40/46.20/47.84/45.46) Matt Blair 15-5 (4.70) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Jelani Hogg 48.23 4/1 Stanford Wayne Boddy (47.74) 48.61 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Long Jump (26-1/25-1.25/23-11.5/26-6.25) Desmond McGill (47.81) 48.79 5/5 Big Meet +&Robert Kennedy (25-9.25w) 25-4w (7.72) 4/14 Brutus Mark Blanco 49.04 4/1 Stanford Hamilton Michael Watson 50.24 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Vincent Ibia 24-9.75 (7.56) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Jerriod Mack (24-9) 24-0.25 (7.32) 3/31 Stanford 800m (1:47.50/1:49.00/1:51.44/1:45.54) Matt Blair 22-5.25 (6.84) 3/29 UC Davis Multi John Collin (1:52.51) 1:51.89 4/14 Brutus Hamilton Zack McGahey (1:52.88) 1:53.77 4/1 Stanford Triple Jump (53-5.75/51-6.25/47-7/55-0) Jarrell Meier 1:54.10 4/6 Johnny Mathis &Vincent Ibia 51-3 (15.62) 5/5 Big Meet &Jerriod Mack (51-5.5) 49-10 (15.19) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular 1500m (3:41.50/3:45.00/3:50.14/3:40.04) +&Bolota Asmerom (3:41.97) 3:42.73 4/1 Stanford Shot Put (63-0/58-4.75/55-9.25/66-3) &John Collin 3:46.44 4/21 Mt. SAC +&Rhuben Williams 60-6.75 (18.46) 4/29 Cal/Nevada Jarrell Meier 3:52.13 4/29 Cal/Nevada +&Nate DeSomber 58-5.25 (17.81) 4/29 Cal/Nevada Girmay Guangul 3:55.43 4/21 Woody Wilson Amin Nikfar 54-11.5 (16.75) 4/29 Cal/Nevada Zack McGahey (3:54.78) 3:58.46 3/24 UC Davis Tony Miranda 46-4.25 (14.13) 3/24 UC Davis

3000m Steeplechase (8:43.00/8:54.00/9:09.14/8:36.84) Discus (196-10/183-9/168-11/210-11) &Chris Coffee 9:06.15 4/20 Mt. SAC Garrett Collier (170-9) 167-7 (51.08) 4/1 Stanford Martin Conrad 9:12.85 5/5 Big Meet Tony Miranda 167-3 (50.98) 3/24 UC Davis Tyler Noesen 9:33.12 5/5 Big Meet Rhuben Willliams 165-8 (50.50) 4/28 Cal/Nevada Craig Lee 9:35.16 4/21 Woody Wilson Nate DeSomber 160-3 (48.84) 4/28 Cal/Nevada Joe Berro 159-5 (48.60) 4/6 Johnny Mathis 5000m (13:46.00/14:07.00/14:35.14/13:31.88) Zech Whittington 154-7 (47.12) 4/21 Woody Wilson #!&Bolota Asmerom 13:31.88 4/20 Mt. SAC &Corey Creasey 14:25.02 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Hammer (223-1/200-1/190-3/229-0) &Girmay Guangul 14:25.10 4/14 Brutus Hamilton &Garrett Collier (203-6) 198-4 (60.46) 3/17 Cal Quadrangular &Martin Conrad 14:33.31 3/31 Stanford Rhuben Williams 184-1 (56.10) 4/28 Cal/Nevada Chris Coffee 15:01.15 3/31 Stanford Zech Whittington 171-5 (52.24) 4/21 Woody Wilson Corey Hardin 159-4 (48.58) 5/5 Big Meet 10,000m (29:00.00/29:45.00/NS/29:24.44) Corey Creasey 30:13.69 3/31 Stanford Javelin (236-3/220-9/196-10/222-0) &Joe Berro 197-0 (60.06) 5/5 Big Meet 110m Hurdles (13.72/13.90/14.74/13.39) Corey Hardin 187-0 (57.00) 4/14 Brutus Hamilton Matt Blair 14.93 5/5 Big Meet Matt Blair 174-6 (53.18) 3/24 UC Davis Ahmad Wright 15.08 3/17 Cal Quadrangular James Smith 15.83 3/17 Cal Quadrangular Decathlon (7500/7150/6800/8007) +&Matt Blair 7208 points 3/30 UC Davis Multi 400m Hurdles (50.10/51.20/53.64/48.46) &Ahmad Wright (51.54) 51.76 4/22 Mt. SAC # NCAA automatic qualifier + NCAA provisional qualifier Aaron Ellis 54.58 4/21 Woody Wilson & Pac-10 automatic qualifier ! School record